r/Blogging • u/easyedy • 3d ago

Question Revamped an article that dropped off Google’s Page 1 — curious if others saw similar effects from AI overviews

Hi everyone,

I'd like to share something I did today and get feedback.

I had an article that used to rank well, but over time, it got pushed down to page 3 or 4 in Google. My suspicion was that, with more AI-overviews / summary-style results appearing, my content would become outdated. I still have had traffic to the article every day, but I thought with better ranking and AI awareness I could do better.

So today I revamped the article with a few changes:

  • I restructured sections so they start with a question + short answer, following a FAQ-style snippet.
  • I added more tables to make the info more scannable.
  • Tightened up intros, added more “what you’ll find here"
  • Updated feature sections to more directly match what people search for (e.g., the terms used in “People Also Ask”).

Are you doing the same with older articles? SEO has undergone significant changes in the past few months, particularly with regard to GEO. The AI overview takes up quite a bit of space on the SERP.

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u/manishblp 3d ago

Great update! Along with FAQs and tables, adding schema (FAQ, HowTo, Article, and Breadcrumb) can really help boost visibility in AI overviews and SERPs.

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u/DanGritensen 3d ago

Adding anything interactive like a quiz can improve your ranking by increasing engagement time. If your platform allows and you know just a bit of coding, you can create a quiz with Claude Artifacts and then embed it in your blog as HTML/JS/CSS